Sectional removable railway tie



March 2l, 1939. J, c, PURDON sEcTloNAL REMOVABLE RAILWAY TIE QN QM.

Filed Nov.V 29, 1937 ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES eA'reN'r osFlcE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a railway tie and more especially a sectional or two-piece removable tie for railway use.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a tie of this character, wherein the body forming the base is made in several pieces, these being intertted with each other and locked or fastened together for separation so that the tie can be readily removed without the removal of the rails of the track should the occasion require.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tie of this character, wherein the same involves a joint so that the sectional make-up of the body of the tie allows removal of the latter with ease and without excessive labor, being an overlap between the sections of the tie and in this manner assuring strength, the rails of a track being fastened in place upon the tie without the use of spikes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a tie of this character, which is extremely simple in its make-up, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, strong, durable, readily and easily removed, assured against slippage when in place, maintaining the rails of the track at a determined gage and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred and modified forms of embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a tie constructed in accordance with the invention showing a pair of track rails in section held thereon.

Figure 2 is a top plan View with the rails removed.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 4 is a sectional View on a large scale taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2 looking in theV direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a sectional View on the line 6 6 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 showing a slight modification.

Similar reference characters indicate `corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

(Cl. 23S-37) Referring to the drawing in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, A designates generally a railway tie constructed in accordance with the invention while B denotes a portion of track rails fastened to the said tie, the latter 5 being hereinafter fully described.

The tie A comprises two `cooperating sections I0 and II, respectively, these forming the body of the tie. The section I0 for substantially onehalf the length thereof has a cutaway portion 10 I2 opening through the upper face and one end and carried through opposite longitudinal edges thereof for effecting a seat for the section II, which in thickness is equal to the depth of the said section II to have the upper face flush with the upper face of the section I0 when occupying the said seat I2.

The sections I0 and I I at the outer sides of the rails B when seated or engaged upon the tie A are provided with upwardly directed outwardly reversely inclined outside rail-engaging jaws I3 while between the said rails B is a tie bar I4 having the upwardly struck bolt or fastener engaging ends I5 overlying inside rail clamps I6, these being counter-seated at I I in the sections 25 I@ and II, respectively, and their jaws I8 engaged with the base anges I9 of the said rails B while the jaws I3 overlie these flanges I9 and abut the vertical webs 2i) of said rails.

Anchored in the body constituted by the sections I0 and II of the tie at the longitudinal median of the latter are bolts 2l and 22, re1- spectively, which are vertically disposed and are carried through the bar Iii, the bolts 2| being also carried upwardly through the clamps I6 and the upstruck ends I5 of said bar, respectively. These bolts 2l and 22 at their upper ends have threaded thereon nuts 23, working against lock washers 24 companions thereto.

Anchored in the sections I 0 and I I and inter- 40 secting the seat I2 are headed screws 25, their heads 26 being countersunk in the section II at the top face thereof. Preferably a pair of these screws 25 are disposed at opposite sides of the bar I4 next to the fastener 22 being two in number at this point while spaced from this pair is a series of three screws 25 disposed transversely of the tie and one of the same underlying the bar I4 at this point. In this manner 50 the sections I0 and II are separably joined with each other making it possible for easy removal of the tie from the rail B either that one section or the like can be readily slipped from beneath the rails on removal of the fasteners 2|, 22 and 55 25 which free the bar I4, the inside clamps i6 and the sections with relation to each other.

In Figure 'I of the drawing there is shown a slight modification wherein headed bolts or nut- 'carrying bolts 21 are substituted for the screws 25 and the heads or nuts 28 thereof being countersunk similarly to the heads 26 of the fasteners 25.

The bottom face of the section l0 of the tie is formed with inner and outer longitudinally directed ribs 29 and 30, respectively, these serving to prevent creeping of the tie and also assure a. rm hold or grip upon a. support for the said tie and in this way avoiding slipping and sliding of the tie from a xed position.

What is claimed is:

A tie of the character described comprising a body of two sections, one of the sections being cut away at the upper side thereof and wholly seating the other sectiontherein with the uppermost faces of both sections ush with each other,

an outside rail-engaging jaw rising from each of the said sections, inside rail-engaging jaws countersunk in and bolted to the sections, means fastening the sections together with one wholly seated in the other, and including a tie bar between the inside jaws for overlapping the same and fastened with the sections and with the bolts of said inside jaws.

JAMES C. PURDON. 

